Wedge.



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JAMES A. MCDUNALD, OF CARTER, OKLAHOMA. i

WEDGE.

A7.70 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, J AMES A.' MoDoNALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carter, in the county of Beckham and State This invention relates to Wedges and more particularly to that -type which are adapted for spreading the ends of handles in tool heads or for spreading the ends of whiiiile trees in the trace hooks or rings. i

The principal object of the invention is to provide a wedge With"a plurality of sepa.

rate legs, certain of which legs will spread in opposite directions' When'driven into the wood so as to eteetually prevent removal ofthe Wedge.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a wedge of this character where in thelegs spread in opposite directions-so as to prevent removal of the wedge and which wedge is'provided with 'amalleable bar or strip adapted to be bent over the trace hook, ring, or the tool head, if found desirable.

Further objects of this invention will ap-f p'ear. as the `following specitic description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this appli cation, and in Whicht- Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the end of a swingle tree showing a wedge arranged therein in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3M?) of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawf ing, l represents the body of the device which has projecting therefrom a plurality of prongs 2,3, 4 and 5, the iirst and the latter of which are tapered from the' body to their terminals on opposite sides so as to form a straight wedge. The prongs 3 and 4 are sheared oi on opposite sides, as shown at 8 and 7, so that when the wedge isdriven Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, MMS. Application filed Mareh1',1912. serial No. 680,814. i l

into the wood these prongs will be caused to diverge, as shown in Fig. 3. This action f,

may be caused by their shearing the prongs cti, as shown, or by forming them in a similar manner to the prongs 2 and 5 and then bending them so that one side lies straight .with the body l. This would give exactly the same eect as shearing` and it isI pre- A device of the class described com-.- prising a body, a plurality of Wedge members extendingfrom the body in thesame general direction, the outside wedge inembers being tapered equally upon opposite,

sides andthe inside Wedge members being"- each tapered on one side only and from onposite sides, and malleable ferrule holding arms projecting in opposite directions from" the body.

2. A device of the class described compris l iup; ii body, 'a pair of separated prongs ei;- tendinp; outwardly from the body, said prongs beine` tapered on one-side only and' from opposite sides, a' pair of prongs e'xtendine' outwardly from thebody and each tapered from opposite sides, and ferrule holding arms projecting in opposite directions fromtlie body at right angles to the prongs.

In testimony whereof l aflix my signature 4in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES A. Menouafisn.

Witnesses: i

EniiioNs'roN, Jr., F. O. PARKER. 

